{
  "id": 19153699,
  "title": "This African Prophet Was Burned at the Stake 320 Years Ago. Today, Kimpa Vita Is Celebrated as the 'Kongolese Joan of Arc'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/this-african-prophet-was-burned-at-the-stake-320-years-ago-today",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-09T12:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-african-prophet-was-burned-at-the-stake-320-years-ago-today-kimpa-vita-is-celebrated-as-the-kongolese-joan-of-arc-180989820/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita believed herself to be possessed by the spirit of St. Anthony. The movement she led in the early 1700s promoted an Indigenous African form of the Christian faith",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}